Colgate Comedy Hour: S6E1, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host
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Colgate Comedy Hour: S6E1, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host
- Publication date
- 1955
- Usage
- Public Domain
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Aired: September 18, 1955
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host the season premiere of the series now titled The Colgate Variety Hour.
The show opens with Martin as Hal April, the host of The $64,000,000 Question. Lewis plays returning champ Morty M.M. Morton who, against his will, is risking his winnings for more cash. Once he survives a ridiculously hard question in the isolation booth, he's ready for the $64,000,000 question. He's given headphones and placed in a huge tank of water. As Martin reads the long question, he keeps shoving Lewis underwater, which leads to many ad-libs from the soaking wet Jerry. At one point, a sputtering Lewis yells, 'Haven't you heard? The feud is over!"
On a train station set, Dean sings "Nevertheless, I'm in Love With You."
In a pool hall sketch, Martin is trying to play a game, but Lewis shows up causing nothing but distractions. Before it's all over, they're both covered in chalk dust. He then pitches Martin on a song he's written called, "Yetta, I Can't Forget Her." When Martin passes on it, Lewis turns on the radio to hear Sinatra singing it. They wrap up the sketch by stepping in front of the curtain and performing "Side by Side." This version talks about their recent feuding and how they're now made up.
A boxer (Lewis) makes his debut as a singer, with his nose taped down and lots of "dees" and "dohs" in the lyric.
In a nightclub setting, Martin performs "I Like 'Em All." Then Lewis comes out to plug their new movie You're Never Too Young. He then introduces Freddie Bell and the Bellhops who perform the rock-and-roll song "Rock'a Beat Boogie." Dean and Jerry join the band for a crazy rock tune called "Shake a Hand", with Lewis doing a whole lot of shaking and shrieking.
In the final break, they thank Sinatra for singing "Yetta" earlier and plug his appearance in Our Town "tomorrow night on NBC color and black and white networks." They then reprise their "Side by Side" number as the credits roll.
Aired: September 18, 1955
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis host the season premiere of the series now titled The Colgate Variety Hour.
The show opens with Martin as Hal April, the host of The $64,000,000 Question. Lewis plays returning champ Morty M.M. Morton who, against his will, is risking his winnings for more cash. Once he survives a ridiculously hard question in the isolation booth, he's ready for the $64,000,000 question. He's given headphones and placed in a huge tank of water. As Martin reads the long question, he keeps shoving Lewis underwater, which leads to many ad-libs from the soaking wet Jerry. At one point, a sputtering Lewis yells, 'Haven't you heard? The feud is over!"
On a train station set, Dean sings "Nevertheless, I'm in Love With You."
In a pool hall sketch, Martin is trying to play a game, but Lewis shows up causing nothing but distractions. Before it's all over, they're both covered in chalk dust. He then pitches Martin on a song he's written called, "Yetta, I Can't Forget Her." When Martin passes on it, Lewis turns on the radio to hear Sinatra singing it. They wrap up the sketch by stepping in front of the curtain and performing "Side by Side." This version talks about their recent feuding and how they're now made up.
A boxer (Lewis) makes his debut as a singer, with his nose taped down and lots of "dees" and "dohs" in the lyric.
In a nightclub setting, Martin performs "I Like 'Em All." Then Lewis comes out to plug their new movie You're Never Too Young. He then introduces Freddie Bell and the Bellhops who perform the rock-and-roll song "Rock'a Beat Boogie." Dean and Jerry join the band for a crazy rock tune called "Shake a Hand", with Lewis doing a whole lot of shaking and shrieking.
In the final break, they thank Sinatra for singing "Yetta" earlier and plug his appearance in Our Town "tomorrow night on NBC color and black and white networks." They then reprise their "Side by Side" number as the credits roll.
Credits
Dean Martin.....................Host
Jerry Lewis.....................Host
Wendell Niles...................Announcer
Freddie Bell and the Bellhops...Guest
- Addeddate
- 2010-09-11 14:59:54
- Closed captioning
- no
- Color
- b/w
- Identifier
- Colgate-Comedy-Hour-S6E1
- Run time
- 59:17
- Sound
- sound
- Year
- 1955
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Reviewer:
LostMagikNyram
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October 21, 2017
Subject: The Martin vs Lewis feud
Subject: The Martin vs Lewis feud
After reading Michael J. Hayde's excellent articles about the growing feud between Dean and Jerry, this episode adquires a whole new special meaning, particularly in the opening sketch, when Jerry screams: "haven't you heard? The feud is over!", but we all know it wasn't.
Thank you so much for uploading the whole show in this great quality. I truly enjoy it. Everybody has said it before me (and it's quite a repetitive phrase now, but not for that is has less truth), but T.V. back in those days was something else.
Thank you so much for uploading the whole show in this great quality. I truly enjoy it. Everybody has said it before me (and it's quite a repetitive phrase now, but not for that is has less truth), but T.V. back in those days was something else.
Reviewer:
Original Toonman
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August 29, 2015
Subject: Classic comedy
Subject: Classic comedy
A classic example of live TV comedy. For the sake of search engines and researchers I should note that the name of the band featured is wrong. The correct name of the group is Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, not Bellhops. I'm not sure if Jerry Lewis got the name wrong or maybe the group went by that name at some point, but the group is much better known as the Bellboys. And the song they sing is a cover of Bill Haley's "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie".
Reviewer:
Gibson1969
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June 27, 2014
Subject: Showbiz at it's finest hour!
Subject: Showbiz at it's finest hour!
The creativity they used for the show is genius. You will never see anything like that during today's television. I was very impressed with how they were able to entertain with good clean fun. They set the standard for everyone to follow in my opinion. Jerry Lewis is the ultimate goofball. He reminded me of dumb and dumber.
Reviewer:
nevillejack
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June 18, 2013
Subject: colgate comedy hour
Subject: colgate comedy hour
Great nostalgia.I enjoyed it,esp pool room sketch.How the ads have alterd in 50+ years - so innocent.
N. J.
N. J.
Reviewer:
The_Emperor_Of_Television -
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April 30, 2012
Subject: The show that brightens your teeth
Subject: The show that brightens your teeth
Interesting comedy, beautifully preserved on kinescope.
The rock and roll performance was.....interesting, and has historical value due to the relative rarity of such footage from 1955.
The original commercials are fun and add some context of the times to the episode.
The rock and roll performance was.....interesting, and has historical value due to the relative rarity of such footage from 1955.
The original commercials are fun and add some context of the times to the episode.
Reviewer:
richgoup
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November 12, 2011
Subject: The Colgate Comedy Hour.
Subject: The Colgate Comedy Hour.
Season 6, episode 1.
Original air date: 18 September 1955.
Cast: Dean Martin (Himself- Host/ Various Characters), Jerry Lewis (Himself- Host/ Various Characters), Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (Themselves- Singers), Wendell Niles (Himself- Announcer) and Dick Stabile (Himself- Orchestra Leader).
From IMDB.
Good opening sketch, Good interpretation by Dean Martin. Jerry Lewis better than usual.
Original air date: 18 September 1955.
Cast: Dean Martin (Himself- Host/ Various Characters), Jerry Lewis (Himself- Host/ Various Characters), Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (Themselves- Singers), Wendell Niles (Himself- Announcer) and Dick Stabile (Himself- Orchestra Leader).
From IMDB.
Good opening sketch, Good interpretation by Dean Martin. Jerry Lewis better than usual.
Reviewer:
jazzfan
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September 12, 2010
Subject: Sorry Mates, The Best TV Show On The Archive Is.....
Subject: Sorry Mates, The Best TV Show On The Archive Is.....
Reviewer:
mstamper
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September 11, 2010
Subject: Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
Subject: Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
The best vintage tv show on Internet Archive. Video and audio quality are superb. Download the MPEG1 version - it's worth waiting for. I've never seen a better kinescope. Was this an early monochrome video tape? The skits were absolutely hilarious. The music was great, especially the early rock band "the bellhops". 56 years later this show loses nothing. Proof again that 21st century tv is pure garbage. Oh what we have lost!
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